Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-02

~ ruls men connected With rail
rad enterprises are she hardest char
asteEs 70 fntsrvisw- seine tine sins.
While J. @. seurry vss east Of he moan.
tains IN TIE intsrest II The Seattle. Lakl
shase a Eastern Railroad enferpxi ;
hs Us aceosted By q banch grass Re
porter. Who requested Mr.. Ssurry "a
tel him ali aboas the new railroad 81
tsrprise. Mr.. Eourry started in By say.
inc that be vas opposed 10 woman suf-
fFaRe, and wss glad the Supreme Coz
bad knOeksd the izw cut; that Be re
grefted 10 hesr Of the severe weather ia
NoRtana, as be feared IL would raiss
TIE prise Of beef on PUGET Sound.
where be had large family to support
AZ this iuncsure the Disguised bunch
grass reporter left the scene, uuiterfua
something about thoss clam diggers
thinking themselves awful smart.
Learning that T. J. Miner had re-
turned from San Francisco BY TIE
Mexico. where b. vent 20 eousuit with
John L. Howard, who had lost rstarned
~ AEtoEE NHUN l.
suit With Elijah Smith and other bic
bags IN the Oregon Improvement Con
pany on railroad matters, Posr- ERrxx.
LioKEczR reporter called at the efIice Of
the assistant manager yesterday after
noon and requested a interview with
him. Mr.. Miner said:
would be most hsppv to grant you
80 interview. bat ] haven't anything Of
interest 10 tell you"
Not 10 be put "a in this way. the re-
porter urged: what decision did vou
some to IN regard 70 railroad bziIdine
this seaa0n7''
Mr.. Nilnee-At Mr.. Towards instances
! telearaphed no aud disbaudsd one Of
our engineering parties, the ene opeFak.
ing on Cedar river under Mr.. Haver-
sham. / went 20 San francisco for my
health. | had not been out Of Seattle
for four years, and as things we're q
little slack here I th0ught would try
an overland trip 10 California / was
snsw bound for three or four days. and
when / got ready to come home de-
oided to Dome BY water and did 90.
Never missed q meal, or paid a cent, and
my health 10 much improved
Did F.Peter KiFke. the English Iron
Manufacturer. accompany you 10 San
Francisco for the benefit OF his healsh,
also9" asked the reporter.
Mr.. MilneF-Well, M, not. exactly,
vou see, these Seattle, Lake Shore aad
Eastern fellows are 30 busy they have
no time TO show Mr.. Kirke about the
country and as / was going below, in
vited him 10 accompany me.
Reporter-Did you give him an order
fer the rails for al these roads yoa have
been Surveying and locatine this vinser2
Mr.. MilnsF-Ws have not fully de-
eided on building any road. Il would
cost $lE0.000 to build q road from q
point near franklin 20 tse common
point and to lay q third rail and put q
standard gauge rolling stock on the
Cedar River extension, 20 connect with
the Cascade branch at the common
point, and We have been unable to de
monstEate to Mr.. Smith how ne seuId
make such q road pay. To be sare IL
would be q great accommodation. bat
we can perform all the service almost.
a. well BY the short line, and you must
remember thst every dollar earned By
the common point line would be dollar
taken from the S&ore Liae. II any one
can demonstrate that the road will pay
| will see that IL Is built.
RepOrter-If yoa are going to bald
no road, why don't you take your sur
veviRR parties OFT Of the fieldI
Mr.. Milner-i did not say We wers not
going 10 build. | said the matter bad
not been fully decided. Then, II the
Seattle. Lake shore and Eastern people
build. what is the use of our builoingi
However, Murphy's party IL operating
on Sallll prairie, above Snequslmie
Falls, and will remain in the fe4d some
time yet. or at least until the work now
in hand is completed. lam sorry ! have
nothing definite fer you this time. but
rest assured as soon "a l have anything
Of interest to the public will let il be
known throueh the columns OF the Posr
lNrELLIGEsoER.